The Sea Chase

[Imissedagain]

Growing up in NYC I thought the Duke with a Winchester was describing Namath's arm throwing the ball.
Years later I outfitted and seatriailed his Blackfin.
A yard worker drilled a hole in the bridge to mount a light and drilled into the autopilots hydraulic pump... fluid pouring out and Namath smiles and says.... keep an eye on those guys.

 

[GaryS]

Since we're talking movie gun bloopers...

Last night I was watching the 1940 Wallace Beery movie "Wyoming" on TCM. There's a lot of gun play, mostly with revolvers.

Expecting to see some variation of a Colt single action, something didn't look right. I watched carefully and unless I'm completely off, they were using some sort of "Hand Ejector" DA revolver. They cocked the hammer each time, but there was no ejector rod as the SA guns have.

One gun clearly had a non shrouded ejector rod under the barrel. Beery had a revolver with an at least 6" barrel and a "half moon" (what I call it) front sight.

Weird.

BTW, Beery was the highest paid actor in Hollywood during the 1930. He was apparently as big a jerk in real life as he portrayed in his movies.

But I digress.

 

[vonn]

John Wayne movies are what I grew up watching and probably what I will still be watching when I kick off.

 

[Absalom]

Since we're talking movie gun bloopers...

Last night I was watching the 1940 Wallace Beery movie "Wyoming" on TCM. There's a lot of gun play, mostly with revolvers.

Expecting to see some variation of a Colt single action, something didn't look right. I watched carefully and unless I'm completely off, they were using some sort of "Hand Ejector" DA revolver. They cocked the hammer each time, but there was no ejector rod as the SA guns have.

Some movie trickery about Old West handguns is described in this article from True West magazine.

I particularly like the Colt New Service DA revolver made to look like a SAA by sticking an ejector rod housing to the side of the barrel

Hollywood's Six-gun Fakery - True West Magazine

 

[Chino74]

Brando used a DBLE ACTION revolver in the scene in the bar where he kills Timothy Carey in 'One Eye Jacks'. He shoots from behind a post as cover to get off several quick shots w one hand., otherwise it's supposed to be his Colt SAA in all other scenes.

 

[steveno]

Walter Brennan used a double action revolver modified to look like a Colt in the shoot out in "Support Your Local Sheriff"